Building 16 (Storey Hall) (1887 - )

From: 1887
Website: https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/storey-hall
Summary: Storey Hall was built by the Hibernian-Australasian Catholic Benefit Society in 1887 and was originally called Hibernian Hall. The architects who designed the building were Tappin, Gilbert & Dennehy (RMIT University, undated). The building was purchased by the Royal Melbourne Technical College in 1958 and was renamed Storey Hall in 1959 (Heritage Council Victoria, 2021).

Edquist, Harriet and Grierson, Elizabeth, A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT University, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 2008. Details

'Hibernian Hall, Melbourne', The Advocate (Melbourne, Victoria), 16 April 1887, p. 1. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170599524. Details

Heritage Council Victoria, Storey Hall, Victorian Heritage Database, Melbourne, Victoria, 7 January 2021. Also available at https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/821. Details
RMIT University, Building 16 (Storey Hall), undated. Also available at https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/storey-hall. Details

Title: RMIT - RMIT Building 16 (Now Storey Hall) Photo soon after MTC leased building for Purchasing and Finance Department, Doctor and Dentist (Building later M57) Bought for RMIT by Government (B/W) c.1957
Type: Image
Date: c. 1957
Control: Item no. MISC-00914, Series S0653
Source: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Sources used to compile this entry: Heritage Council Victoria, Storey Hall, Victorian Heritage Database, Melbourne, Victoria, 7 January 2021. Also available at https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/821; RMIT University, Building 16 (Storey Hall), undated. Also available at https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/storey-hall.

Created: 20 December 2021, Last modified: 12 December 2024